Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 23172

Batteries: Recycling

Tabled: 10 January 2025
Answered: 16 January 2025

Question

Munira Wilson

Liberal DemocratTwickenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the use of hydrometallurgical separation in the recycling of electric vehicle batteries to help facilitate the recovery of lithium.

Answer

Sarah Jones
The Government seeks to encourage sustainable critical mineral production and pro-cessing. As electric vehicle batteries reach the end of their economic life, there will be an opportunity and necessity to repair, repurpose, reuse, and recycle them. The ch...

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